Marine science students embark upon annual voyage on the sea – Video Exclusive

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Marine science students embark upon annual voyage on the sea – Video Exclusive

Posted on 29 April 2011. Tags: Catalina, field trip, Marine Biology

By Zack Gill
Staff Writer

Courtesy Jennifer Sharp

Early in the morning on April 16, Costa students and other members of the faculty set out on the five-day voyage from Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor, en route to many of California’s Channel Islands.

“Twenty-seven students joined us on the the trip,” Coller said. “This year, they were all juniors and seniors. Earth science teacher Karl Kurz and lab assistant Karen Cunningham were also in attendance, along with Paula Spence, the first administrator to ever go on the trip.”

On the first day, students were introduced to the life on a ship at sea. Some students found themselves seasick at first, but they still learned the basics of operating the tall sail ship.

“What’s cool is that the organization that ran the trip is also a sailing school, and by teaching a lot of the kids various skills on board [the Tole Mour], they can earn basic sailing credentials and a certificate,” Coller said.

The trip is organized by the educational company Guided Discoveries, which also runs Catalina Sea Camp and AstroCamp. The Tole Mour has been on over 300 trips with various organizations.

“We were on the Tole Mour. They’ve been using the ship for all of the Mira Costa tall ship trips,” senior Johnny North said. “It’s the second largest tall ship on the West Coast.”

Most of the trip is devoted to studying wildlife. The students snorkled in the waters of the Pacific Ocean three times and Coller caught an octopus that the students observed on the ship and eventually released.

Courtesy Jennifer Sharp

“We see amazing things,” Coller said. “We see ecology in action. I saw a pod of dolphins chasing a ball of fish and pelicans trying to take advantage of the ruckus. I got extremely lucky and got to rub a friendly sea lion’s belly while snorkeling, too.”

The Mira Costa voyagers arrived back on the California mainland on April 20.
“Some of them were pretty tired because they haven’t done that much physical work during that short a period of time in their entire lives,” Coller said.

Still, the students who went on the trip were extremely enthusiastic about what they had seen and what they had accomplished.

“Honestly, I haven’t been having a lot of fun lately and my life hasn’t been going perfectly,” North said. “[The trip] took me right out of my element. I’d never done anything like it befor, and it was probably one of the best experiences of my entire life.”

Coller promises to bring the trip back for the eleventh annual time next year.

“We didn’t have time this year, but next year, we might go to an island we’ve never been to before,” Coller said.

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